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From: Yousuf Khan on 17 May 2010 13:43 I have a laptop which came with the McAfee anti-virus trial version. I of course immediately uninstalled the overpriced POS, and installed AVG on it. Eventually I had a problem with AVG during a version upgrade, and so I had to uninstall AVG as well. I left the machine without an anti-virus, and to my surprise Security Center didn't complain about a lack of AV. I looked in it and it said that McAfee was installed and running properly! McAfee may have been installed and running properly at one time ... 4 years ago! Why does Security Center still think it's installed now? Also now I've installed Avira Antivir instead of AVG, but Security Center still thinks McAfee is installed? What's going on here? I looked through the Add/Remove Programs, and McAfee doesn't appear on the list anywhere. Yousuf Khan
From: Bruce Hagen on 17 May 2010 14:03 "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4bf18046(a)news.bnb-lp.com... >I have a laptop which came with the McAfee anti-virus trial version. I of >course immediately uninstalled the overpriced POS, and installed AVG on >it. Eventually I had a problem with AVG during a version upgrade, and so >I had to uninstall AVG as well. I left the machine without an anti-virus, >and to my surprise Security Center didn't complain about a lack of AV. I >looked in it and it said that McAfee was installed and running properly! >McAfee may have been installed and running properly at one time ... 4 >years ago! Why does Security Center still think it's installed now? > > Also now I've installed Avira Antivir instead of AVG, but Security > Center still thinks McAfee is installed? What's going on here? I looked > through the Add/Remove Programs, and McAfee doesn't appear on the list > anywhere. > > Yousuf Khan Run this tool. McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool three-step fix http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS100507 -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: smlunatick on 17 May 2010 15:29 On May 17, 6:43 pm, Yousuf Khan <bbb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a laptop which came with the McAfee anti-virus trial version. I > of course immediately uninstalled the overpriced POS, and installed AVG > on it. Eventually I had a problem with AVG during a version upgrade, and > so I had to uninstall AVG as well. I left the machine without an > anti-virus, and to my surprise Security Center didn't complain about a > lack of AV. I looked in it and it said that McAfee was installed and > running properly! McAfee may have been installed and running properly at > one time ... 4 years ago! Why does Security Center still think it's > installed now? > > Also now I've installed Avira Antivir instead of AVG, but Security > Center still thinks McAfee is installed? What's going on here? I looked > through the Add/Remove Programs, and McAfee doesn't appear on the list > anywhere. > > Yousuf Khan As the previous answer, it seems that McAfee is also suffering from a non-complete removal. This happens to other A/V (note Norton is the major PAIN.)
From: Yousuf Khan on 18 May 2010 08:37
Bruce Hagen wrote: > Run this tool. > > McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool three-step fix > http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS100507 Thanks, looks like it'll work. I'm about to reboot now, after running the tool. Bye. Yousuf Khan |